I did the cover illustration for I Love Bad Movies #2, a great zine writing about movies that you probably have seen, but don’t remember seeing. Get it on Etsy.

Fresh from the printers, this William Blake-inspired design is out now from Coda Skateboards.

Came across these great paintings by Luke Butler (via Drawn) of Star Trek stills.

I’m finding the Prisoner remake on AMC interesting. As with practically all things in this life, nothing beats the original so why try?

The animated gif is not dead! Cartoonist and animator Lilli Carré has posted a bunch of these on her blog.

The Wild Things fur-covered edition
Dave Eggers new novel based on Where The Wild Things Are from McSweeneys comes in a gorgeous gray furred cover. Another immaculate McSweeneys product.

Where The Wild Things Are (movie)
It’s getting a lot of hype and attention, but I just want to say the book was not an important part of my childhood the way it was for others. I have no personal connection with the work besides respecting Sendak’s illustrative style. I went into this movie being a Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers fan and was not disappointed. The most child-like movie I’ve ever seen. It’s an imaginative boyhood captured in film.

Curse Your Branches by David Bazan
Never a self-acclaimed Christian musician, Bazan was nevertheless lumped into that category due to his personal faith. While most of his past work are fictional vignettes, this is a deeply personal record that is dealing directly with his struggling faith and place in the world. There are some verses that will break your heart.

Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1
Picked this one up a few weeks early at SPX and have been drooling over it since. There’s an imagination and playfulness to these horror and romance comics that pre-dated his co-creation of Spider-Man. A true American cartooning master.

Sunny Day Real Estate reunited at the 930 Club (9/30/09; Washington, DC)
Like a vivid memory. They played like perfection and made this boy very happy.

I have work in the “Handle With Care” comic art show at the Antonin Perbosc Library in France. Laurent Parson is the curator and by the looks of the video, did a great job. Look closely and you’ll see The Lucky Ones, Show Off, a Noose page, and a bunch of Rare Words originals.

From Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko (Fantagraphics)

You can color your work at the highest quality and print it on the most extravagant paper and yet somehow it still won’t measure up to this. Look at the off register printing, the sloppy colors, and low LPI… gorgeous stuff.

As you can see from the dates above (drawn by Kate Beaton), SPX is almost upon us again. I wouldn’t miss my favorite show of the year. The table will be covered in books, shirts, original art, and skate decks. As I recall, there was only one superhero suit last year. Come on, folks. You can do better than that.

Tom Hart is working on a new story and you can watch the creative process in action. Tom is one of my absolute favorite cartoonists and an endless experimenter in comics storytelling. On his blog, he is giving you insight about the writing and plotting of “Barney Banks: Extra Life” as he goes. Warning: he is giving away plot points of the story so if you’d just rather read it normally, you can, but if you’re like me and want to know how he came to his conclusions, Tom’s blog is packed with info.